Why we should teach undergraduate medical students in rural communities

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 172, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 615-617

  Worley, Paul S ^a   Prideaux, David J ^a   Strasser, Roger P ^b   Silagy, Chris A ^b   Magarey, J Anne ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; REVIEW; RURAL AREA;

EID: 0034686219     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2000.tb124131.x     Document Type: Review

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